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[Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom,

 As I explained in the past, STEP models generated by OpenCascade are
unusable to
MCAD users. I'll look at the IGES support in OpenCascade; I didn't even
think of this
since the STEP support left me with such a bad impression.

- Cirilo

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski <
tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 17.02.2015 22:30, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> > Hi folks, I'm just letting everyone know that I've started development on
> > a framework for the IGES model specification (and I've also purchased
> > a copy of the STEP Model and Resources Library).
> >
> > Although we ultimately want to use STEP since this can eventually tie
> > in to PSI-5, I believe IGES will take much less time to implement and
> > is a quicker path to providing KiCad with a vital tool for industry.
>
> Cirilo,
>
> Do you plan to implement IGES support for Kicad from scratch? Because
> exporting board geometry into either IGES/STEP using OpenCascade is IMHO
> quite trivial and the only thing it depends on is just the 3D plugin
> support...
>
> Tom
>